Wednesday, February 23, 2011

ANALOG, perhaps the most important science fiction magazine in the world along with one of its mystery stablemates ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE , shall now accept email submissions. A third magazine in its stable, ASIMOV'S SF, already accepts email submissions. True neither ANALOG or ELLERY QUEEN'S are major markets for poetry but anything that makes it easier to submit work is welcome. The fourth magazine in that group, ALFRED HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MAGAZINE still does not accept email submissions.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

First I want to know from the followers of this blog to let me know what I can do to improve my blog other than do a better job of copy editing which is a problem related to my eyesight. Either comment on the blog or contact me directly at sgreen@grolen.com . Also if you have been entering the advertisor portals on my site ( BARNES & NOBLE, POWELL'S ,AMAZON ) please let me know at my personal email address, sgreen@grolen.com . I suspect that there is an error in Google software.

Now the bad news. As some of you may know already Borders Bookstores is closing and that means hundreds of sites that sell magazines which are themselves paying markets for poetry. I am sure that poetry markets are going to close down because of this or are they ? Folks please comment.

BTW I am getting disgusted with LOCUS , the trade magazine of the sf/f/h community. In their recent annual year in the review issue they did not have an esay devoted to poetry and in fact they have never covered poetry. Further in their section on the year in sf/f/h magazines there was no mention at all about the numerous titles of Sam's Dot.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

The web site of the webzine ALTERNATE COORDINATES is down. Do not submit until further notice.

BTW you have heard reports that the magazine run by Orphra Winfrey's empire is looking for poetry and does not plan to pay for it. I have not reported this becausenone of the reports have included a confirmation from her own corporate offices that her magaz ine Now there is no payment rate found in her magazine's submission and guidelines online site. However I have found that many paying markets do not mention payment rates ib their submission guidelines section. So I am holding off on further comment on this matter until there is confirmation that the magazine is definitely not going to pay for poetry.